Show Kites

Christophe Goy's unique design incorporates details found in deltas and airfoils to create an eagle that is spectacular in the sky. An elaborate frame keeps the wings spread wide and ready for flight. Huge and ...

In a good wind, this 60-sq. ft. parafoil can hoist a ton of line laundry or drag you down the beach. A serious kite with incredible pull, it’s not for the inexperienced. Be safe and tie it off to a good anchor ...

Put on a really big show. Put up your line laundry collection and then buy some more. This 60 sq. ft. airfoil is a powerful lifter. A modified Sutton design, it's a stable flier that gets your show airborne with ...

Huge 18-ft. bird kite. Just this side of stupidly big, the Mega Macaw is a soft airfoil kite that has nothing to assemble or break. Designed by Steffen Gaubatz, it's made of ripstop nylon. 8 to 16 mph winds. 18' x ...

Lighthouses are built to be visible from as far away as possible. Inspired by the beautiful Cape Hatteras lighthouse, Hunter Brown designed this realistic, 9-ft. tall show kite. Made of ripstop nylon on carbon ...

An excellent flier in gentle to strong winds, the 11-ft. Mesh Delta is one of the most unique deltas in the sky. German kite designer Willi Koch used to sew them himself out of strips of ripstop nylon and won lots ...

The Hespeler brothers modernize a classic high flier. Designed during the race to build the airplane in the early 1900's, Charles Brogden's giant, mutli-sailed diamond kites often took first prize for altitude at ...

This beautiful double-keeled delta has four tail-attachment tabs and is a great platform for tails and spinners. Barbara Meyers has won numerous awards for her intricately sewn kites. This well detailed and sewn ...

An impressive kite with a spectacular tail, Jon Burkhardt’s Sun/Sea/Sky is 80-ft. long, tip to tail. So big that it takes up the sky, it's made of ripstop nylon and graphite spars. Very easy to fly, it makes bold ...

Light-wind Leviathan. Carsten Domann's Luna Moth is a lightweight giant that floats serenely on gentle breezes. When the wind drops at sunset, it's the perfect time to get out the Lunar Moth. Made of ripstop nylon ...

An enormous kite that’s a gentle flier, the 19-ft. Mesh Delta is as impressive in the sky as it is on the ground. The work that goes into hemming and sewing together all of those strips of nylon is amazing. ...

Over 9 feet across, this high angle flyer pulls like a sky hook in a good wind. Impressively huge on the ground, this Hespeler Brothers design is bold enough to not get lost in the sky. 9'-4' x 8'-10'. 57' case. ...